legal: [16] The Latin term for a ‘law’ was lex. From its stem form leg- come English legal, legislator [17] (which goes back to a Latin compound meaning literally ‘one who proposes a law’), and legitimate [15]. Loyal is a doublet of legal, acquired via Old French rather than directly from Latin. Another derivative of legwas the Latin verb lēgāre ‘depute, commission, bequeath’, which has given English colleague, college, delegate [14], legacy [14], and legation [15]. => colleague, college, delegate, legacy, loyal
legal (adj.)
mid-15c. "of or pertaining to the law," from Middle French légal or directly from Latin legalis "legal, pertaining to the law," from lex (genitive legis) "law," possibly related to legere "to gather," on notion of "a collection of rules" (see lecture (n.)).
Sense of "permitted by law" is from 1640s. Related: Legally. The Old French form was leial, loial (see leal, loyal). Legal tender is from 1740.
雙語例句
1. But legal experts are not sure if such a charge can stick.
但法律專家們不能肯定這一指控是否成立。
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2. She was the only woman in Shell's legal department.
她是殼牌公司法律事務(wù)部唯一的女性。
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3. Legal action is being taken to try to recover the money.
正在進(jìn)行訴訟以收回那筆錢。
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4. Two leading law firms are to prepare legal actions against tobacco companies.
兩家很有名的律師事務(wù)所準(zhǔn)備向煙草公司提起訴訟。
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5. We are taking advice on legal steps to recover the money.